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Cenovus Energy employees took part in aN oil spill training exercise on Beaver River just north of Ardmore on June 28.

With support from event organizers, Premier Academy teams’ Xplosion and Dynamite are selling table packages for RibFest’s Kick-off Barbecue on Friday July 8, in Cold Lake, to raise funds for international and national competitions.

Despite cool, windy and rainy weather, hundreds of Bonnyville residents got outdoors to take part in the numerous activities, from a pancake breakfast to parade and even a Canada Concert along Jessie Lake.

Alberta Health Services has identified Laurier Lake, located about 30 km from Elk Point, as containing blue-green algae bloom. The provincial health authority has issued a cyanobacteria advisory for the lake along noting several precautions recreational users should take.

A new one-year pilot project that will allow Alberta tow trucks to be outfitted with blue lights alongside amber lights took effect June 30.

Schools expecting to go back to scratch with student illness reports and monitoring this fall.

Working with municipalities and other post-secondary institutions, Portage College hopes to bring a degree nursing program to the Lakeland, as well as grow a handful of diploma programs into four-year degrees.